PM Najib is forced to go back to the Barisan oldscript when he was asked to react on his deputy statement that he was "Malay1st, Malaysian 2nd".

Najib defended his deputy, "Being a Malay doesn'tmean that you are against 1Malaysia or you don't think like a Malaysian.""Similarly, if you are a Malaysian Chinese, it doesn't mean that you don'tthink like a Malaysian or subscribe to the concept of 1Malaysia," he said.

Najib's knee-jerk reaction on Muhyiddin's statementunmasks his own understanding about nation building and the 1Malaysiaconcept.

The lack of national affinity and shared destiny isthe main obstacle for 1Malaysia. It is sad to note that the 1Malaysiafounder himself does not share the vision of nationhood and citizenship. IfNajib does not trust his own nation building agenda, he should not havemisused the name, Malaysia.

1Malaysia is not consistent with Ethnicity 1st,Nationality 2nd.

We cannot blame Muhyiddin for his lack of nationalidentity because nation building was not featured in the Barisan rule overthe last 5 decades. Barisan is an antithesis to 1Malaysia and nationbuilding. The most important element in a nation building project is tooutlaw racial discrimination. Barisan is the epitome of racism and raciallybased politics.

Najib cannot remain coy and silent on the demands,attacks and allegations made against the Chinese community, in particularly,by Perkasa.

Interestingly, a politician such as Ibrahim Alineeded racism to resurrect his career. Of course he is enjoying the medialimelight at the moment. At the Aljazeera interview, he lambasted "If thesepeople say that they are second-class citizens, don't talk s**t! Don't talks**t! I repeat three times, don't talk s**t!"

"We, the Malays have forgiven them a lot, we havesacrificed a lot of our interests," he added.

I would like Ibrahim to clarify what interests?

It appears that Muhyiddin is now clamouring to rideon Perkasa's wave by declaring that he is "Malay 1st" and "Malaysian 2nd".

Regardless of the publicity stunt and damagecontrol, Najib knows that his defence of Muhyiddin and his statement isgoing to tear his concept to pieces.

His administration is dragging its feet on the NEMdetails and mechanism. It makes us wonder if there is any meat at all inNEM.

Time is running out for him. Another talk but nowalk is going to put him on the same pedestal as Abdullah Badawi.

Najib should state his stand on Perkasa and IbrahimAli's disrespect for non-Malay citizens. They (Najib, Muhyiddin and Ibrahim)should remember that their salaries and perks are paid by Malaysians of allraces. Not by the Malays only.